RE: OpenVMS can't get past configure

[Brent Dax]

Michael G Schwern:
# Using 5.005_03 on OpenVMS 7.3...
#
#
# Determining if your C compiler is actually gcc (this could
# take a while):
#
#
# Your C compiler is not gcc.
#
#
# Probing Perl 5's configuration to determine which headers you
# have (this could
# take a while on slow machines)...
# Out of memory!
# %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort

Lines in question:


foreach(grep {/^i_/} keys %Config) {
    $c{$_}=$Config{$_};
    $c{headers}.=defineifdef((/^i_(.*)$/));
}

I think VMS is too lame to handle the grep line.  Honestly, I'd rather
not change it to bow to a retarded OS, but apparently we have to.  You
can probably just say:

foreach(keys %Config) {
    next unless /^i_/;
    $c{$_}=$Config{$_};
    $c{headers}.=defineifdef((/^i_(.*)$/));
}

--Brent Dax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
@roles=map {"Parrot $_"} qw(embedding regexen Configure)

#define private public
    --Spotted in a C++ program just before a #include